I would like to add:
neighborhood grocery stores.
Neighborhood liquor stores.
Neighborhood candy stores.
neighborhood public swimming pools
goodrich dairy
bicycle repair shops
Lawnmower repair shops
The first three might be extinct already. For instance, I havn’t seen a neighborhood store that specialized in candy for at least 20 years. I remember neighborhood grocery stores that were literally houses converted into grocery stores. Same with liquor stores and gun shops and lawnmower repair shops. These are extremely rare nowdays. When I was a kid, if your bike got ran over by a car, you could take it in to a shop and they could fix the whole thing without replacing any parts except maybe the spokes. They were pretty darn near a blacksmith. Try finding a bike shop like that nowdays.
When I was a kid, if your bike got ran over by a car, you could take it in to a shop and they could fix the whole thing without replacing any parts except maybe the spokes. They were pretty darn near a blacksmith. Try finding a bike shop like that nowdays.
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They’re on their way out for sure ... the only bike shops I know are all “boutique” shops with brands like “Specialized” ,, the $60-$150 Chinese built bikes at Walmart have made them disposable products... The last bikes I bought were at a police auction at $2 each and I got only high end machines with high strength frames and medium quality or better running gear...
As long as they sell cheap malt liquor and tequila rose, neighborhood liquor stores will never go out. The ones in my neighborhood are thriving. Low income neighborhoods will always have liquor stores and public swimming pools